# 1901 All England Badminton Championships

The 1901 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Scottish Drill Hall, the headquarters of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, London, England from 10–11 April 1901.
The men's and women's singles was first to 11 points (for a game) except the final which was first to 15 points. The holder Sydney Smith was defeated in his first match against the eventual winner H. W. Davies. The 1900 runner-up D. W. Oakes missed the event because he serving with his military regiment in India.

## Final results

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | H. W. Davies | Ralph Watling | 15-9, 15-4 |
| Women's singles | Ethel Thomson | Mina Schreiber | 15-12, 15-7 |
| Men's doubles | Herbert Mellersh & F.S.Collier | C. H. Martin & Stewart Massey | 17-16, 9-15, 15-5 |
| Women's doubles | Daisy St. John & E. M. Moseley | Meriel Lucas & Mary Graeme | 15-0, 15-5 |
| Mixed doubles | F.S.Collier & Ellen Stawell-Brown | Stewart Massey & Mrs Cammell | 15-8, 5-15, 18-17 |
| Mixed doubles handicap | E. Young & Mrs Triscott | Stewart Massey & Miss Muriel Bateman | 21-15 |

## Men's singles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| H. W. Davies (Teignmouth) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ormond (Wantage) | 3 | 0 | | Davies | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sydney Smith (Stroud) | | | | Smith | 3 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | Davies | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| George Thomas (Southsea) | 11 | 9 | w/o | | | | | Thomas | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Percy Buckley (Guildford) | 5 | 11 | ret | Thomas | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth) | 10 | 11 | 11 | Wiltshire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Leonard Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 13 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Davies | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Herbert Mellersh (Guildford) | 11 | w/o | | | | | | | | | | Mellersh | 2 | 0 | | | |
| Hart (Crystal Palace) | 0 | ret | | Mellersh | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hutton (Whaley Bridge) | 11 | 11 | | Hutton | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Toker (Bedford) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | Mellersh | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | |
| A. V. Cowley (Ealing) | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | Cowley | 1 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Campbell (Southport) | 8 | 11 | 8 | Cowley | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hamer (Southport) | w/o | | | Hamer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peake (Llangollen) | scr | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Davies | 15 | 15 |
| Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Watling | 9 | 4 |
| Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 9 | 2 | | Watling | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hale (Crystal Palace) | 11 | 7 | 11 | Hale | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. B. Clifton (Chelsea) | 6 | 11 | 4 | | | | | Watling | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Pedder (Ealing) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | Pedder | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Loveday (Wantage) | 7 | 3 | | Pedder | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Richard Stukeley St.John (Ealing) | 11 | 11 | | St.John | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lannowe (Ealing) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Watling | 11 | w/o | | | |
| F. S. Collier (Guildford) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | Collier | 5 | ret | | | |
| G. O. Robinson (Hersham) | 2 | 6 | | Collier | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. C. Robinson (Hersham) | 11 | 11 | | C Robinson | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W. Wheelwright (Chelsea) | 6 | 1 | | | | | | Collier | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Hillier (Stowmarket) | 3 | 11 | 11 | | | | | Hillier | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| E. Young (Blackheath) | 11 | 1 | 9 | Hillier | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F. Rowley (Whaley Bridge) | 11 | 11 | | Rowley | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Taylor (Ealing) | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Meriel Lucas (Teignmouth) | scr | Thomson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Hamer (Southport) | | Hamer | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Thomson | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Miss Ormond (Wantage) | | | | | | Ormond | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | Ormond | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss I. Theobald (Budleigh Salterton) | | Theobald | scr | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | Thomson | 11 | 13 | | | |
| Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (Guildford) | | | | | | | | | | Stawell-Brown | 4 | 11 | | | |
| bye | | Stawell-Brown | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss O. Martin (Ealing) | | Martin | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Stawell-Brown | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) | | | | | | Hardy | 11 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | |
| bye | | Hardy | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss H-Wooler (North Somerset) | | Wooler | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thomson | 15 | 15 |
| Mina Schreiber (Bognor) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Schreiber | 12 | 7 |
| bye | | Schreiber | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Bowley (Whaley Bridge) | | Bowley | scr | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Schreiber | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Miss Deare (Wantage) | | | | | | Deare | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | Deare | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Maidment (Newcastle) | | Maidment | scr | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | Schreiber | 11 | 11 | | | |
| Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing) | | | | | | | | | | St.John | 6 | 4 | | | |
| bye | | St.John | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mary Schreiber (Bognor) | | Schreiber | 3 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | St.John | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing) | | | | | | E Moseley | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | E Moseley | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Florence Lannowe (Ealing) | | Lannowe | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Men's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Herbert Mellersh & F. S. Collier (Guildford) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Loveday & Ormond (Wantage) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Loveday & Ormond (Wantage) | 0 | 0 | | Mellersh & Collier | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hanson & Ransford | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| L. Hanson & Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 15 | | Hanson & Ransford | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Campbell & Hamer (Southport) | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Campbell & Hamer (Southport) | 4 | 5 | | | | | Mellersh & Collier | 17 | 15 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | E. Young & R. Young | 14 | 4 | | | | | |
| E. Young & R. Young (Blackheath) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | E. Young & R. Young | 14 | 4 | | | | | | |
| F. Rowley & Hall (Whaley Bridge) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| F. Rowley & Hall (Whaley Bridge) | 6 | 5 | | E. Young & R. Young | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Buckley & Hillier | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Buckley (Guildford) & Hillier (Stowmarket) | 15 | 9 | 15 | Buckley & Hillier | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| C. C. Robinson & G. V. Robinson (Hersham) | 9 | 15 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C. C. Robinson & G. V. Robinson (Hersham) | 9 | 15 | 8 | | | | | | | | Mellersh & Collier | 17 | 9 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Massey & Martin | 16 | 15 | 5 |
| Stewart Massey & C. H. Martin (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Massey & Martin | 16 | 15 | 5 |
| A. V. Cowley & Pedder (Ealing) | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A. V. Cowley & Pedder (Ealing) | 3 | 1 | | Massey & Martin | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Thomas & Taylor | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| George Thomas (Southsea) & Taylor (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | Thomas & Taylor | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Dobree & Abbatt (Ealing) | 10 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dobree & Abbatt (Ealing) | 10 | 2 | | | | | Massey & Martin | 15 | 15 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Watling & Wiltshire | 10 | 6 | | | | | |
| Ralph Watling & C.J Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth) | 15 | 17 | | | | | | | | Watling & Wiltshire | 10 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Sydney Smith (Stroud) & Richard St.John (Ealing) | 6 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sydney Smith (Stroud) & Richard St.John (Ealing) | 6 | 15 | | Watling & Wiltshire | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Hart & Vidal | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| J. E. Hart & George Vidal (Norwood) | 15 | 15 | | Hart & Vidal | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Orme Colles & Hutton (Whaley Bridge) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's doubles

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Miss Daisy St. John Miss E. M. Moseley (Ealing) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | St.John & Moseley | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs MacMillan & Miss Smythe (North Kensington) | | | MacMillan & Smythe | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | St.John & Moseley | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Ruth Watling (Great Yarmouth) & Miss Burroughs (Southsea) | 15 | 15 | | | | Watling & Burroughs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Miss C.Brooks & Miss H. Brooks (Hersham) | 5 | 2 | Watling & Burroughs | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mary Schreiber & Miss Florence Lannowe (Bognor) | | | Schreiber & Lannowe | 15 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | St.John & Moseley | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Mina Schreiber & Drake (Bognor) | | | | | | | | | | Schreiber & Drake | 10 | 0 | | | | |
| bye | | | Schreiber & Drake | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Deare & Miss Ormond (Wantage) | | | Deare & Ormond | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Schreiber & Drake | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs C. Turner & Miss Quentin (Camberley) | | | | | | Turner & Quentin | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | Turner & Quentin | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Agnes Maude Colles & Mrs F. Rowley (Whaley Bridge) | | | Rowley & Colles | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | St.John & Moseley | 15 | 15 |
| Miss Meriel Lucas & Miss Mary Graeme (Teignmouth) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lucas & Graeme | 0 | 5 |
| bye | | | Lucas & Graeme | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Collier & Miss M. Bayly (Crystal Palace) | | | Collier & Bayly | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Lucas & Graeme | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Murray & Miss Clarke (Cheltenham) | | | | | | Murray & Clarke | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | Murray & Clarke | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Campbell & Miss Hamer (Southport) | | | Campbell & Hamer | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | Lucas & Graeme | 11 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown & Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) | | | | | | | | | | Hardy & Stawell-Brown | 15 | 7 | 12 | | | |
| bye | | | Hardy & Stawell-Brown | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Moseley & Miss O. Martin (Ealing) | | | Moseley & Martin | 10 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Hardy & Stawell-Brown | 15 | 7 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Miss I. Theobald & Miss Ethel Thomson (Budleigh Salterton) | | | | | | Thomson & Theobald | 10 | 15 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | Thomson & Theobald | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Thorn & Mrs Morris (Chelsea) | | | Thorn & Morris | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Mixed doubles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Miss Ellen Stawell-Brown (C Palace) & F. S. Collier (Guildford) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Deare & Loveday (Wantage) | 3 | 9 | | Stawell-Brown & Collier | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss E. M. Moseley & Pedder (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | Moseley & Pedder | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss H. Brooks & G. V. Robinson (Hersham) | 3 | 9 | | | | | Stawell-Brown & Collier | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Daisy St. John (Ealing) & Sydney Smith (Stroud) | 10 | 15 | 15 | | | | St.John & Smith | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Ruth Watling & C. J. Wiltshire (Great Yarmouth) | 15 | 3 | 8 | St.John & Smith | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs H. Wooler (N Somerset) & Hillier (Stowmarket) | 15 | 8 | 18 | Wooler & Hiller | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Clarke (Cheltenham) & Robert Ransford (Crystal Palace) | 7 | 15 | 17 | | | | | | | Stawell-Brown & Collier | 15 | 5 | 18 | | | | |
| Miss Meriel Lucas & H. W. Davies (Teignmouth) | | | | | | | | | | Lucas & Davies | 3 | 15 | 17 | | | | |
| bye | | | | Lucas & Davies | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Hamer & Campbell (Southport) | | | | Hamer & Campbell | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Lucas & Davies | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Hogarth & C. A. Turner (Cheltenham) | 15 | 15 | | | | | Hogarth & Turner | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Campbell & Hamer (Southport) | 5 | 3 | | Hogarth & Turner | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs S. Murray (Cheltenham) & L. Hanson (Crystal Palace) | 15 | 15 | | Murray & Hanson | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Agnes Colles &Thomas Colles (Whaley Bridge) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Stawell-Brown & Collier | 15 | 5 | 18 |
| Mrs Cammell & Stewart Massey (Ealing) | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | Cammell & Massey | 8 | 15 | 17 |
| Miss Ormond & Ormond (Wantage) | 2 | 3 | | Cammell & Massey | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss E.M. Moseley & Richard St.John (Ealing) | w/o | | | Moseley & St.John | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Maidment & Nord (Newcastle) | scr | | | | | | Cammell & Massey | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Mina Schreiber (Bognor) & Herbert Mellersh (Guildford) | 15 | 15 | | | | | Schreiber & Mellersh | 12 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Mary Schreiber & Percy Buckley (Guildford) | 5 | 8 | | Schreiber & Mellersh | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss C. Brooks & C.C. Robinson (Hersham) | 9 | 15 | 15 | Brooks & Robinson | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs Triscott & E. Young (Blackheath) | 15 | 4 | 12 | | | | | | | Cammell & Massey | 2 | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| Miss O. Martin & C. H. Martin (Ealing) | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | Martin & Martin | 15 | 12 | 16 | | | | |
| Miss Drake (Bognor) & George Thomas (Southsea) | 15 | 12 | 9 | Martin & Martin | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Burroughs (Southsea) & Ralph Watling (Great Yarmouth) | 18 | 15 | | Burroughs & Watling | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Florence Lannowe & Lannowe (Ealing) | 13 | 8 | | | | | Martin & Martin | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Miss Mabel Hardy (Crystal Palace) & George Vidal (Norwood) | | | | | | | Hardy & Vidal | 4 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Hardy & Vidal | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mrs F. Bowley & F. Bowley (Whaley Bridge) | | | | Bowley & Bowley | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |